| Serial Number | 79143516 |
| Word Mark | SURFACE CONTROLS |
| Filing Date | Friday, October 4, 2013 |
| Status | 706 - SECTION 71 ACCEPTED |
| Status Date | Wednesday, April 16, 2025 |
| Registration Number | 4643104 |
| Registration Date | Tuesday, November 25, 2014 |
| Mark Drawing | 3 - Illustration: Drawing or design which also includes word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) |
| Published for Opposition Date | Tuesday, September 9, 2014 |
| Indication of Colors claimed | Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| Goods and Services | [ Research and development services concerning new products for third parties; surveying; engineering services; technical research in the field of engineering; construction drafting; material testing; physics research; technical project studies in the field of engineering; quality control for others ] |
| Goods and Services | Lighting apparatus, namely, lighting installations; illumination lamps; [ lighting and light fittings for vehicles, namely, lighting apparatus for vehicles, vehicle headlights, vehicle brake lights, spot lights for use on vehicles, and tail lights for vehicles; ] electric lamps; ceiling lamps; wall lamps; floor lamps; [ exterior lights, namely, pavement lights and LED light assemblies for street lights, signs, commercial lighting, buildings, and other architectural uses; street lamps; ] [ sockets for electric lights; ] [ lamps shades; ] surface control lights, namely, ceiling lights featuring surface controls; laboratory lamps [ ; light diffusers; heating apparatus, namely, indoor radiant heating apparatus or heating apparatus for vehicles; cooking appliances for ventilation, namely, ventilation hoods; air conditioners for vehicles ] |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of the wording "SURFACE CONTROLS" with six squares to the left of this wording, wherein five of the squares are shaded and the square located at the bottom right hand corner is depicted in white outlined in black. |
| Goods and Services | [ Electric, photographic, optical, measuring, signaling, checking, supervision and teaching apparatus and instruments, namely, distance measuring apparatus, ] [ level measuring apparatus for surveying, electronic spectrophotometers for use in identifying and measuring colors, gas sensors for measuring gas concentration, laser measuring apparatus, radiation measuring instruments, electronic sensors for measuring solar radiation, ] [ lengths measuring apparatus; ] [ digital cameras, digital video cameras, rotating lights for signaling purposes, traffic-light apparatus, and apparatus and instruments for checking temperature, pressure, quantity or concentration of gas or liquids; electrical optical monitoring apparatus for monitoring a driver's fitness to drive a vehicle, namely, electrical and optical apparatus for monitoring the eye-blink reflex of a driver; tachographs for vehicles; ] data processing equipment and computers for controlling light systems for an optical quality control of product surfaces [ ; ] [ data processing equipment and computers for detecting surface defects in an optical quality control of product surfaces; data processing equipment and computers for detecting color deviations in an optical quality control of product surfaces; data processing equipment and computers for industrial image processing; ] [ recorded computer software for controlling light systems for an optical quality control of product surfaces; ] [ for detecting surface defects in an optical quality control of product surfaces, for detecting color deviations in an optical quality control of product surfaces and for industrial image processing; ] [ electric light dimmers and regulators; ] [ photometers; ] [ detectors, namely, ] [ gas detectors for detecting the presence of gas, fluorescence detectors, heat detectors, motion detectors, infrared detectors, ] [ light detectors, ] [ radiation detectors, smoke detectors, ultrasonic flaw detector, ] [ ultrasound flaw detectors ] [, detectors for use in controlling the actuation and operation of laser object detectors for use on vehicles; acoustic alarm devices, namely, fire alarms and gas alarms; automatic control systems for vehicles, namely, cruise controls for motor vehicles; speed checking apparatus for vehicles; optical apparatus and instruments, namely, optical scanners; observation instruments, namely, laboratory microscopes; bar code readers being data processing equipment ] |
| NOT AVAILABLE | "SURFACE CONTROLS" |
| International Class | 009 - Scientific, nautical, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, checking (supervision), life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments; apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling electricity; apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images; magnetic data carriers, recording discs; automatic vending machines and mechanisms for coin operated apparatus; cash registers, calculating machines, data processing equipment and computers; fire extinguishing apparatus. |
| US Class Codes | 021, 023, 026, 036, 038 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, March 11, 2021 |
| Primary Code | 009 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 011 - Apparatus for lighting, heating, steam generating, cooking, refrigerating, drying, ventilating, water supply, and sanitary purposes. |
| US Class Codes | 013, 021, 023, 024, 031, 034 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, March 11, 2021 |
| Primary Code | 011 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 042 - Scientific and technological services and research and design relating thereto; industrial analysis and research services; design and development of computer hardware and software. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101 |
| Class Status Code | G - NOT AVAILABLE |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, March 11, 2021 |
| Primary Code | 042 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | OLIGO Lichttechnik GmbH |
| Party Type | 30 - Original Registrant |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | Lenzen 19309 DE |
| Party Name | OLIGO Lichttechnik GmbH |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | DE |
| Party Name | OLIGO Lichttechnik GmbH |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | DE |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Thursday, March 6, 2014 | SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A APPL FROM IB |
| Saturday, March 8, 2014 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Saturday, March 8, 2014 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Wednesday, March 12, 2014 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Saturday, March 15, 2014 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Sunday, March 16, 2014 | NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW |
| Monday, March 17, 2014 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU |
| Monday, March 17, 2014 | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB |
| Friday, April 4, 2014 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB |
| Wednesday, July 2, 2014 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Wednesday, July 2, 2014 | TEAS REVOKE/APP/CHANGE ADDR OF ATTY/DOM REP RECEIVED |
| Wednesday, July 2, 2014 | ATTORNEY/DOM.REP.REVOKED AND/OR APPOINTED |
| Wednesday, July 9, 2014 | ASSIGNED TO LIE |
| Tuesday, July 15, 2014 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Tuesday, July 15, 2014 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Monday, August 4, 2014 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT -WRITTEN |
| Monday, August 4, 2014 | EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED |
| Monday, August 4, 2014 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Monday, August 4, 2014 | LAW OFFICE PUBLICATION REVIEW COMPLETED |
| Tuesday, August 5, 2014 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT MAILED |
| Wednesday, August 20, 2014 | NOTICE OF PUBLICATION |
| Thursday, August 28, 2014 | CHANGE OF NAME/ADDRESS REC'D FROM IB |
| Tuesday, September 9, 2014 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Tuesday, November 25, 2014 | REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Wednesday, February 25, 2015 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Monday, April 20, 2015 | FINAL DISPOSITION PROCESSED |
| Monday, April 20, 2015 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE SENT TO IB |
| Friday, May 8, 2015 | FINAL DECISION TRANSACTION PROCESSED BY IB |
| Wednesday, December 9, 2020 | TEAS SECTION 71 RECEIVED |
| Tuesday, February 2, 2021 | CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL |
| Thursday, March 11, 2021 | REGISTERED - PARTIAL SEC 71 ACCEPTED |
| Thursday, March 11, 2021 | NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 71 - E-MAILED |
| Saturday, March 27, 2021 | NEW REPRESENTATIVE AT IB RECEIVED |
| Thursday, November 11, 2021 | PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION CREATED |
| Tuesday, March 29, 2022 | INVALIDATION PROCESSED |
| Tuesday, March 29, 2022 | PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION SENT TO IB |
| Sunday, May 29, 2022 | PARTIAL INVALIDATION PROCESSED BY THE IB |
| Thursday, October 12, 2023 | INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION RENEWED |
| Saturday, November 25, 2023 | COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 71 (10-YR) E-MAILED |
| Friday, November 22, 2024 | TEAS SECTION 71 RECEIVED |
| Monday, April 14, 2025 | CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL |
| Wednesday, April 16, 2025 | REGISTERED-SEC.71 ACCEPTED |
| Wednesday, April 16, 2025 | NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 71 - E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, December 16, 2025 | PARTIAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION CREATED |